We just learned that a limited number of tickets are still available for the 31st annual Donald Bren Honors Concert, which will be held at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24.

Each year around this time, Stonegate Elementary School spotlights a different part of the world for a two-week cultural lesson and celebration. This year, the focus is on Latin America.

OK, where were we?

With all Irvine schools closed last week for the spring recess, the NewsFlash team opted for a brief hiatus. But that doesn’t mean IUSD students weren’t making news elsewhere.

IUSD Superintendent Terry Walker on Friday announced a trio of new principals for the 2014-15 school year.

Here’s an opportunity for K-8 students we thought we’d pass along: Registration for the Irvine Public Schools Foundation’s 2013 Summer Enrichment Academy kicked off this week.

Good afternoon. Here’s a Friday roundup of some recent IUSD-related stories you might have missed from the Orange County Register’s website:

Parents who want to learn more about the new California Common Core instructional standards are encouraged to attend a special presentation led by a trio of IUSD educators on Thursday, March 28.

The Irvine Unified School District has once again been named one of the nation’s Best Communities for Music Education by the prestigious NAMM Foundation.